A very accessible and well designed presentation of what UPOV is and why it threatens the lively good of farmers worldwide and reduces our choices.
UPOV (International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants) is an international legal framework that gives corporations monopoly rights over seeds—while restricting the rights of farmers to save, reuse, exchange, or sell them.
https://stopupov.org/#what-exactly-is-upov
#Upov #FoodSecurity #AgriCulture
#SeedSovereignty is under attack — but resistance is growing
#2Dec
✊🏽Global day of action against #UPOV
👉 https://StopUPOV.org | #StopUPOV
Let's continue to defend #SeedFreedom
Together, we can keep #seeds in the hands of peasants who feed the world
#SeedSovereignty is under attack — but resistance is growing #2Dec ✊🏽Global day of action against #UPOV 👉 StopUPOV.org | #StopUPOV Let's continue to defend #SeedFreedom Together, we can keep #seeds in the hands of peasants who feed the world #UNDROP #RightToSeeds #Right2Seeds #FoodSovereigntyNOW
While at @planttreaty #GB11
Japan delegate tries to mainstream #UPOV in the resolution on #FarmersRights, Kenya's High Court declares @UPOVint illegal, precisely for restricting farmers rights to seeds. We call on govts to isolate 🇯🇵 and secure the space
🌽New data identifies trade deals that force countries to adopt rules on plant variety protection in line with the Geneva-based Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants #UPOV
🇦🇪 The United Arab Emirates is a new pusher of UPOV
https://www.bilaterals.org/?free-trade-agreements-pushing-upov
👩🏽🌾Malaysian small-scale #farmers worry about rights under proposed seed law changes
🌾Malaysia is preparing to join the #UPOV convention, a key criterion to enter the trans-Pacific free trade agreement #CPTPP
Les responsables religieux et agriculteurs africains dénoncent l’Union internationale pour la protection des obtentions végétales (#UPOV), qu’ils accusent de menacer les systèmes alimentaires africains.
www.aciafrique.org/news/15895/l...
Le SCEAM et d’autres leaders r...
African religious leaders and farmers are denouncing the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (#UPOV), which they accuse of threatening African food systems. www.aciafrica.org/news/16365/s...
SECAM Joins Other Faith Leader...
Environmental groups, HOMEF and ERA called on Nigerian govt to withdraw from #UPOV 1991. The groups said it's a threat to the food system and a failure to recognise vital role of smallholder farmers in conserving and enhancing plant genetic resources. www.environewsnigeria.com/world-seed-d...
World Seed Day: HOMEF calls on...
#StopUPOV! Zambia says #NoToUPOV!
La Zambie est la cible d’une vague de pressions, qui gagne du terrain en Afrique, visant à interdire aux paysan•nes le droit conserver librement les #semences.
Signez l'appel international contre l'UPOV !
A wave of pressure to make it illegal for farmers to save #seeds for the next planting season is gaining ground in #Africa. Join Zambian farmers in the fight against #UPOV! International call for signatures by Sept 9 :
👉 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdLpdzHqnHP4NMt9-d0UPjsUBDy50FGsTbaOGTRZI9GTZ0cig/viewform
Dall’Argentina al Benin, si accende la protesta contro la privatizzazione delle sementi https://altreconomia.it/dallargentina-al-benin-si-accende-la-protesta-contro-la-privatizzazione-delle-sementi/ #biodiversitàagricola #sovranitàalimentare #varietàsementiere #biodiversità #Attualità #argentina #Filippine #Guatemala #sementi #africa #Benin #grain #semi #upov
En #AméricaLatina se hacen presentes, una vez más, la campaña #StopUPOV y la semana de acción mundial contra la Unión para la Protección de Obtenciones Vegetales (#UPOV), convenio que amenaza en muchos países las #semillas y, con ello, la #agricultura #campesina e #indígena que alimenta al mundo.
À qui profite l’#UPOV ?
Avec l'expansion de l'UPOV (Union pour la protection des obtentions végétales, une sorte de brevet pour les #plantes), le marché mondial des #semences a été pris d'assaut par un cartel de sociétés #agrochimiques. Quatre d'entre elles seulement contrôlent la moitié du marché des semences, qui représente 47 Mrd $. #StopUPOV
Who profits under #UPOV?
As UPOV has expanded, the global #seed market has been taken over by a cartel of #agrochemical companies. Today, just four of these companies control half of the US$47 billion seed market.
#StopUPOV #DefendFarmersSeeds #seeds #biodiversity #pesticides #agribusiness #food #agriculture #Bayer #Syngenta #Corteva #BASF #seedlaws #patenting
Seeds: Call for global week of action against UPOV https://viacampesina.org/en/seeds-call-for-global-week-of-action-against-upov/ #AgroecologyandPeasants'Seeds #UPOV
